Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Spokane Intl Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Spokane, Washington 99219
Friday, March 18, 1994 1:56 PST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CO-PILOT REPORTED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS RETURNING WITH THE RIGHT ENGINE SHUT DOWN. SECONDS LATER, THE TOWER CONTROLLER SAW A FIRE. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH LEVEL TERRAIN, 3,450 FEET FROM THE END OF RWY 21 IN A 75 TO 80 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER WAS FOUND IN THE FEATHERED POSITION. THE LEFT ENGINE INDICATED EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS PRODUCING POWER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. A FATIGUE CRACK WAS FOUND THAT SEPARATED THE HEAD FROM THE BARREL ON THE NUMBER EIGHT CYLINDER OF THE RIGHT ENGINE. NO OTHER EVIDENCE WAS FOUND TO INDICATE A MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: CYLINDER FATIGUE, DARK NIGHT AND STALL ENCOUNTERED.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/18/1994 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 156 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Standard Time |
| Event City | SPOKANE |
| Event State | WASHINGTON |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 99219 |
| Event Date Year | 1994 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | SPOKANE INTL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | GEG |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 240 |
| Airport Elevation | 2372 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 157 Pacific Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 60 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | GEG |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 2372 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PST |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 3300 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 4 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 3 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 170 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Light |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 2 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 420 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Mar 18 1994 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 225 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 6 2000 10:52AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N3433Y |
| NTSB Number | SEA94FA085 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | DOUGLAS |
| Aircraft Model | DC-3C |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | DC-3C |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 43089 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 26900 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | Mar 10 1994 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 15 |
| Airframe Hours | 37190 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | SALAIR INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | S. 3406 DAVISON BLVD |
| Aircraft Owner City | SPOKANE |
| Aircraft Owner State | WA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 99204 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | SALAIR INC. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | S. 3406 DAVISON BLVD |
| Operator City | SPOKANE |
| Operator State | WA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 99204 |
| Operator Code | SLIA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Cargo |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 153 |
| Departure Time Zone | PST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | PDX |
| Destination City | PORTLAND |
| Destination State | OR |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 20 2002 12:42PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 21 |
| Runway Length | 9000 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |